Hub-fastener.



J. P. PEDBRSEN.

HUB PASTENER.' l APPLICATION FILED DEO.16, 1913.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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y E 7 J6 'JENS PETER PEDERSEN, OF PRGVO, UTAH.

. HUB-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3G, 19in?.

Application led December 16, 1913. Sera] No. 807,076.

thereon without any possibility of the saine accidentally working ofi1 of the spindle during the travel of the vehicle.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a hub attaching device whei'ein the saine is mounted in the rear end of the hub and is engaged about the spindle for the detachableconnection of the hub `thereon in a ready and convenient manner.

A further object of the invention is the'V provision of a hub attaching device which is extremely simple in construction, reliable and efhcient in operation, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, coinbinati'on and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out f in the claim hereunto appended.

ln the drawing :mFigure l is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal sectional view through a hub mounted upon a spindle, showing the hub attaching device constructed in accordance with the invention applied. Fig. 2 is an inner end elevation of the hub. Fig'. 3 is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal sectional view of the hub removed from the spindle with the attaching device also removed therefrom. Fig'. el is a. perspective View oie the hub attaching device removed from the hub. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the inner end of the hub.

Fig. G is a plan view of the hub attaching device with its parts separated, one of the parts being partly in section.

Similar reference characters indicate cor responding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 5 designates a portion of a vehicleaxle which may be of any ordinary well-known construction, and has integrally formed therewith a spindle (S which is formed at its inner end with an annular abutment flange orl shoulder 7 against which works the wheel hub hereinafter fully described.

The wheel hub comprises a'two-part outer shell or casing 8 preferably made i'roin metal, an inner body preferablyinade from wood, and a boxing or axle skein 10 which fits over the spindle 6 and is xed within the body 9 in any suitable inanner. Fitted in the hub are spokes ll which have their inner ends engaged in sockets suitably Aformed in the body 9, the spokes being located between the two parts of the shell or casing 8 which ai-z fastened together in this instance' through the niediuni of bolt ineinbers l2, each being passed through the respective spokes and also through out-turned lianges 13 forined on the parts of the shell S, the parts of the shell being extended beyond the respective ends of the body 9 of the hub.

he inner end of the boxing l0 is enlarged and formed with a counter-seat or recess lli correspondingly shaped to the flange or shoulder 7 and is adapted to .receive the saine, and likewise the inner end of the body 9 is foriiied with a counter-seat l5 corre spondingly shaped to and adapted to receive the enlarged end of the boxingO to accommodate theV saine. Arranged within the counter-seat or recess 14 in the boxing 10 and encirclingr the spindle 6 is a washer 16 which works against the face Aadjacent thereto of the angeor shoulder 7 and serves to take up any wear during the rotation of the hub.

F ornied internallyat the eXtreme end et' the inner part of the shell 8 is a ring .17 which isintegral therewith and provides a lug engaging groove 18 between the saine and the inner end of the body Sl within the hub, the ring 17 at di-ainetrically opposite v points being formed with notches 19 for the locking engagement of the hub attaching device therewith. The outer part of the shell 8 at its extended end is foi-ined with a reduced externally threaded portion Q0 on which is engaged a reiiiovable'ca p 2l. the said extended end of the outer part ot the shell 8 being designed to forni an oil clianiher 22 which is adapted to be filled with oil through a hole 23 provided in the said extended end, and this capv Zlwwhen applied closes the chamber 22 and :ilso'closes the hole 23 to retain the oil within the chamber 22 which isiu'til'ized vfor lubricatingthe".

i foreamore extendedl Surrounding the axle 5 inwardly" o'-lthe spindle 6 and boxing 10 of the hub.

' a washer28 arranged between thel latter and l5' the inner face of the flange or shoulder 7, and this-sleeve 27 is formed at diametricallybp'positepoints with locking lugs 29 which are adapted to pass through the notches 19 in the collar 17 for engagement n inthe groove-Mon the Aturning oi' the collar 24 for the locking 'of'.the saine to the inner part of the/shell of the hub so that the latter will berotatably fastened onthe spindle. W ln the outer peripheryof the collar 24 is Y@ 'termed anotch'y '30.in which engagesy the catch end 31 of a leaf spring 32 fixed exteriorly to the free end oi the inner part of the shell'S of 'the hub so as to-lock thel col#l lar Jfast therein, thus obviating/any. possi-- J0 bility of the accidental working loose 'of the collar Afrom the hub during the rotation thereof on the spindle.

From the foregoing it visythought thatthe A construction and manner of operationo the Copies-of thispatentihay ne obtained for ve cents each; by addressing the f 'l Washington, 11.

device win be ,clearly im omitted.-

g What is' claimed is The combinationwith a collar projecting therefrom',

derst0od,` and thereexplanation has'v been e 'table upon the axlejand having an outer sleeve-like shell formedlwith an end .pro-

Iject'ed .beyond the innerr end ofk the'hub, a diametrically notched. flange the saidvprmected end of the shell and internally of spaced from the inner endv of the hub, a

end ofthe shell whereby the Will be coneentricalfly disposed about thev same, lugs formed onthe boss at diametrically opposite points collar loosely-surrounding the axle and'hav.-

ing a boss for insertion-Within the projected nv axle haring a" of a hub rota mange .thereon hrcugh the notches in the:said flange for slidable engagement between the Aflange and the. inner end of the hub whereby the collarl Will be locked te the latter, being formed with anotch riphery, and a leaf spring fix the said collar inv its ,puter peed to and inset in the outerface of the projected end of the shell and directed longitudinally 4of the hub for looking engagement in thednotch in /the= /outerperiphery of the collar.

f 1 affix my signature In testimony Whereo Witnesses:

E; EDMONSTON, p F.,O. PARKER.

in presence of two witnesses. 'JENS PETER PED/ERSEN.

Commissioner of Patents., 

